Yi Li, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine

Yi Li, Ph.D.Phone: 713-798-3963
Fax: 713-798-1673
Email: liyi@breastcenter.tmc.edu

Publications
Research

Education:
B.S. 9/80-7/84 Department of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Jiangsu Agricultural College, China.
M.S. 9/84-7/87 Department of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Jiangsu Agricultural College, China.
Ph.D. 7/91-3/96 Department of Microbiology, Michigan State University.

Positions:
3/96 - 7/97 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biochemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. Supervisor: David DeWitt
8/97 - 4/00 Postdoctoral Fellow, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, M.D.. Supervisor: Harold Varmus
5/00 – 11/02 Postdoctoral Fellow, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY. Supervisor: Harold Varmus
12/02 – present Assistant Professor, Breast Center and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Honors and Awards:
DuVall Scholar, 1995-1996, Department of Microbiology, Michigan State University.
NIH Intramural Research Training Award, 8/1997-1/1998, NCI, NIH.
NCI Cancer Research Training Award, 2/1998-7/1999, NCI, NIH.
US Army Breast Cancer Research Program Fellowship, 8/1999-11/2002.

Brief Description of Research:
The Li lab primarily studies breast cancer initiation using mouse models.   Using the RCAS/TVA technology to introduce oncogenes into different subsets of mammary cells (stem cells, progenitor cells, and more differentiated epithelial cells)  in vivo, this lab attempts to understand how these different subsets of mammary cells respond to oncogenic damage, and how cell differentiation affects breast cancer initiation.  Specific genes of interest include Wnt, ErbB2, STAT, and ID4.